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0 pointsjoe_the_user7y ago0 comments

All the blockchain systems have serious scalability issues with, for example, bitcoin transactions times slowing remarkably over time. I don't see how this would be a practical match for a DNS system.

Moreover, at the end of the day, even DNS is a matter of "real world truth" and there's no reason a vote by miners would be particularly reliable source of this truth.

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jl27187y ago

For namecoin, the blockchain doesn’t need to be involved with grabbing the data, just creating a public record of intent.

Right now, accurate propagation of settings throughout DNS kind of assumes a lot. I don’t think Namecoin captures incentives properly either, but I can imagine some blochchain system connecting the dots.

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0 pointsjoe_the_user7y ago0 comments

Moreover, at the end of the day, even DNS is a matter of "real world truth" and there's no reason a vote by miners would be particularly reliable source of this truth.

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jl27187y ago

For namecoin, the blockchain doesn’t need to be involved with grabbing the data, just creating a public record of intent.

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